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Figure 1. Line Graph of Investigated Allegations Within the First 6 Months of Life for Infants in Flint, Michigan, Control Cities, and the State of Michigan. While the State of Michigan's trend line remains fairly level around the 10% mark between 2021 and 2024, the trend line for the control cities angles slightly upward between 2023 and 2024, rising from the 19% mark closer to the 20%. Flint's trend line, while highest in 2021 with a slight slope downward, the downward degree between 2023 and 2024 is steeper than previously, dropping from above 20% in 2023 to close to 16% in 2024. The post intervention period started in January of 2023.

New Study in JAMA Pediatrics Finds Rx Kids Associated with Significant Reductions in Infant Maltreatment Investigations

Feature | May. 6, 2026

U-M student artists reflect on creating art as social commentary on Ann Arbor’s guaranteed income pilot

News Release | Apr. 30, 2026

No Strings art exhibit explores personal impact of guaranteed income

News Release | Apr. 22, 2026

Poverty Solutions awards grants to faculty studying cash transfers, job access, food-as-medicine

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19th News | May. 11, 2026

Why schools are opening parking lots for homeless students and families

Rx Kids, A prescription for Health, Hope, and Opportunity. Cash for Moms and Babies

Detroit Free Press | May. 10, 2026

How Rx Kids’ cash aid is helping Michigan moms afford diapers, food and rent

Launch of the exhibit at York's event space. Visitors examine art pieces and chat with each other.

MLive / The Ann Arbor News | Apr. 30, 2026

Ann Arbor guaranteed income program inspires ‘No Strings’ art exhibit

Gothic stone arches in the Law Quadrangle

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Poverty Doesn't Pause: Housing Insecurity During a Pandemic

May 15

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | Taubman Center

From Patients to Policy: A Conversation with Dr. Mona Hanna

May 20

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Off Campus Location